Sullivan: First all Sox fans are in prison, now all Sox players. Where will it end?
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2005 Sox bigger chokers than 1969 Cubs!

Rogers: 2005 Sox greatest chokers in history, no doubt

Morrissey: 2005 Sox make 1969 Cubs look like pennant winners

Jim Bunning: Geez! 2005 makes me feel a lot better about 1964!

Ron Santo: I feel relieved that we'll be replaced in history by the 2005 Sox. Where's my rug?

Greenfield: I will be laughing in the winter of 2005 and beyond. If my CubbieWubbies will never win it in my lifetime, then neither will *sneer* your *sneer* team. *sneer*

McGrath: Copy!! You idiots! You forgot to change all the 5's to 6's!!! If we're going to recycle stuff from last year, we have to make it LOOK original! You're fired! Get out! Let's try it again!

2006 Sox bigger chokers than 1969 Cubs!

Rogers: 2006 Sox greatest chokers in history, no doubt

Morrissey: 2006 Sox make 1969 Cubs look like pennant winners

Jim Bunning: Geez! 2006 makes me feel a lot better about 1964!

Ron Santo: I feel relieved that we'll be replaced in history by the 2006 Sox. Where's my rug?

Greenfield: I will be laughing in the winter of 2006 and beyond. If my CubbieWubbies will never win it in my lifetime, then neither will *sneer* your *sneer* team. *sneer*_________________________________

The day the media eagerly anticipated: the defending 2005 World Champs are eliminated. Chief among the gloaters was Jimmy Greenfield, a Red Eye columnist and Cub fan who sneered that the 2006 Sox "collapse" would be remembered forever in history and was greater than that of the 1969 Cubs.

E-Day! YAY!

Sox Eliminated!

Reign as "World Champs" over in just 11 months

Tragic Number: 0!

Special 100 page pullout section: What went wrong? Oh, hell we don't care!

Morrissey: Sox failure to repeat is further proof that this is a Cubs town

Editorial: Yeah, OK. so they drew 2.9 million this year. Will they sustain that mark now that they failed to repeat?

Recent poll shows that Cubs are still infinitely more popular and will remain so

Fast forward to 2010-the 2006 White Sox' collapse is forgotten by baseball in general (Sox fans remember, though) while the 1969 Cubbie bombout is still remembered as one of the greatest collapses of all time. Which only proves that the Cubs are vastly more popular.

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Set 'em up, Joe!Girardi fired by Marlins, Cubs should hire him

Special Pullout section: Trib begins relentless campaign to bring Girardi to North Side

Will popular ex-Cub be Chicago's baseball savior?

Morrissey: Chicago deserves a winner like Girardi

Editorial: After 99 years, this city deserves a baseball champion. Joe Girardi can make it happen_________________________________

Maggli-OH!Ex-Sox Ordonez ALCS hero just two years after White Sox dumped him

Two years ago, Magglio Ordonez was an underrated, underappreciated player toiling for a mediocre team that played in the shadow of the Cubs, had no fans left and drew crowds of 5,000. After ourrecruiting efforts failed to get him to the Cubs, Maggs wound up in Detroit, where tonight a sellout crowd (Maggs never knew what those were before) roared as he belted the home run that landed the Tigers in their first World Series since 1984. Meanwhile, his replacement Jermaine Dye sits at home this October. Snicker snicker.